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The winding highway meandering along the murky Rio Grande through Embudo is among the most scenic in the state, particularly …
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Starting with a raucous concert in 1954, the idiom “Elvis has left the building” was uttered at the conclusion of …
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“Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour.” ~Charles Maurice de Talleyrand–Périgord On Wednesday, …
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Before permanent signage was mounted, a tethered banner in front of K’Lynn’s Southern & Cajun Fusion in Rio Rancho listed …
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The cover page of the May 20, 2013 edition of Time Magazine depicts a twenty-something woman sprawled on the floor …
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While their brick-and-mortar counterparts can afford to have multi-page menus to please a wide variety of palates, mobile food kitchens …
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In 1913, French mathematician Émile Borel introduced a thought experiment that has come to be known as the infinite monkey …
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“Sometimes you want to go Where everybody knows your name And they’re always glad you came You want to be …
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Richard Olney, a cookbook author best known for his books on French country cooking described crepes thusly: “their greatest pitfalls derive, …
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“Why don’t they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, …
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“If the government is covering up knowledge of aliens, they are doing a better job of it than they do …
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“If you can go through with what Gordon Ramsey puts you through there’s nothing much more you can do. I …
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As much a social commentary as a realist novel, Grapes of Wrath by author John Steinbeck immortalized Route 66 as …
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“And believe me, a good piece of chicken can make anybody believe in the existence of God.” ~Sherman Alexie, The …
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Set in Albuquerque, Breaking Bad, AMC’s critically acclaimed television series may have left viewers with the impression that the Duke …
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“The more street food we have, the more it’s embraced by every income strata, the better world we have.” ~Anthony …
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Several years ago, I asked my grandmother if she might consider aromatherapy as a treatment for the nagging aches and …
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“Nom nom.” It sounds innocent enough. Parents–yes, including parents of four-legged fur babies–utter it in baby talk intonations to get …
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“Beans are a warm cloak against economic cold.” ~John Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat In his 1935 novel Tortilla Flat, John Steinbeck …
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On May 14, 2011, I had the great honor, pleasure and privilege of being the first guest on Break the …
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My friend Scott Pacheco may never forgive me for dining at Little Anita’s New Mexican Food in Old Town. Scott …
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Many of us look at an unused and timeworn historical building and a wave of nostalgia sweeps over us as …
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“If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere It’s up to you, New York, New York.” ~Frank Sinatra …
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Babu: Our specials are tacos, moussaka and franks and beans. Jerry: Well, what do you recommend my good fellow? Babu:Oh, …
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“Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough, A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse — and Thou …
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Vincent: And you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris? Jules: They don’t call it a …
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For more than a quarter century, award-winning journalist Charles Kuralt had the type of job any aspiring sojourner would envy. …
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Based on interviews conducted with Hollywood luminaries who’ve starred in movies or television shows shot in New Mexico, you might …
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In May, 2018, Yelp published its listing of the 50 best restaurants in Albuquerque. Only three of them came from …
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Exterior signage for Dennis Apodaca’s new restaurant venture sports the name of the previous tenant, a short-lived eatery named MIXX. …
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I count in almost equal measure, friends, family members and colleagues who label themselves as either militant liberals or staunch …
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Poets, musicians and authors have long rhapsodized about the loyalty of dogs, the most faithful and loving companions anyone can …
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On a journey by train to San Francisco, New Mexico’s legendary award-winning author Tony Hillerman shared an observation car with …
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Jose Villegas, my friend and colleague at Hanscom Air Force Base, earned the most ignominious nickname. Everyone called him “Jose …
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Chimayó is one of the most mythologized, misunderstood— and, some would say, maligned—places in New Mexico. On one hand, it …
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“There is no good meat that their stupid cooks do not spoil with the sauce they make. They mix with …
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